Linear particle accelerator

Patent · Tue Apr 26 04:00:00 EDT 1977

OSTI ID:7308669

Richards, J A

A linear particle accelerator which provides a pulsed beam of charged particles of uniform energy is described. The accelerator is in the form of an evacuated dielectric tube, inside of which a particle source is located at one end of the tube, with a target or window located at the other end of the dielectric tube. Along the length of the tube are externally located pairs of metal plates, each insulated from each other in an insulated housing. Each of the plates of a pair are connected to an electrical source of voltage of opposed polarity, with the polarity of the voltage of the plates oriented so that the plate of a pair, nearer to the particle source, is of the opposed polarity to the charge of the particle emitted by the source. Thus, a first plate about the tube located nearest the particle source, attracts a particle which as it passes through the tube past the first plate is then repelled by the reverse polarity of the second plate of the pair to continue moving towards the target.

• Assignee: Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
• Patent Number(s): US 4020384
• OSTI ID: 7308669
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
430100* -- Particle Accelerators-- Design
Development
& Operation
ACCELERATORS
DESIGN
DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
OPENINGS
PARTICLE SOURCES
PLATES
RADIATION SOURCES
TARGETS
TUBES
WINDOWS